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Chelsea have signed Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo on a free transfer with the 26-year-old signing a four-year contract at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
He becomes the first new signing of the summer for the Blues who are looking to switch up their squad, both in terms of buying and selling, ahead of the new Premier League season. <\/p>\n
Tosin will join Chelsea on 1 July when his contract with Fulham expires. In April the defender rejected an offer to become one of the highest paid players at Craven Cottage preferring instead to make the move across London in order to play in Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cChelsea is a huge club and this is a full-circle moment for me. I was born three miles away from Stamford Bridge and made my professional debut there,\u201d Adarabioyo said about his transfer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very excited and looking forward to helping push the club in the direction we want to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tosin played an important role securing promotion from the Championship for Fulham and has made 45 top-flight appearances since the Cottagers\u2019 return to the Premier League. <\/p>\n
His arrival at Stamford Bridge could force the departure of Chelsea academy defender Trevoh Chalobah, who is available for sale as the club look to balance their books with regards to financial fair play.<\/p>\n
Chelsea\u2019s co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart said: \u201cWe are delighted to bring Tosin to Chelsea. Throughout his career, he has showcased his maturity and defensive qualities and has gained a wealth of experience in the Premier League in recent seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is ready to make the step up to Chelsea and work alongside the talented players in our squad. We look forward to Tosin joining up with us for pre-season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sign up to Miguel Delaney\u2019s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel\u2019s Delaney\u2019s free weekly newsletter Chelsea have signed Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo on a free transfer with the 26-year-old signing a four-year contract at Stamford Bridge. He becomes the first new signing of the summer for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n